Sunday, October 7, 2018

Completion by Addition and Subtraction

Adding 400 and 68 is as easy as
400 + 68 = 468 .

How about adding 598 and 78 ?

Add 2 to 598 to make it whole 600, making the addition simpler. Since 2 more is added, subtract 2 from the sum to get the final answer.

598 + 78 = ?
600 + 78 - 2 = 676

More examples:

44 + 19 = ?
44 + 20 - 1 = 63

97 + 86 = ?
100 + 86 - 3 =183

994 + 678 = ?
1000 + 678 - 6 = 1672

Same goes with subtraction. Subtracting 20 from 46 is as easy as
46 - 20 = 26 .

How about subtracting 18 from 54 ?

Add 2 to 18 to make it 20. Since 2 more is subtracted, add back 2 to get the final answer.

54 - 18 = ?
54 - 20 + 2 = 36

More examples:

444 - 198 = ?
444 - 200 + 2 = 246

55 - 29 = ?
55 - 30 + 1 = 26

875 - 496 = ?
875 - 500 + 4 = 379


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